Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-29
THE VOTE CANVASSED
CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AWARDED
TO TIE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.
Brown, Of Eansemond, and Scott, OF eooch'
land, Victorious. for the Present st
Least-rhe Popular Vote.

On Wednesday, December 7th, at Il
o'clock NJ, the General Assembly OF
Virginia will convene in the State Capt.
tol in biennial session. Each branch
will meet in It's hall, and as soon as both
are organized, and the Governor so IN
formed. the Governor will send in his
message, on which be is now engaged
and which is expected to be the most IN
teresting document that he has yet sub
mitted TO the lawmakers.
The House of Delegates-the lower
branch-is composed OF one hundred
members, oil oi whom were elected at
the election held on the Sthinstant The
Senate is composed of forty members,
only nineteen Of whom were elected this
YEAR; the other twenty-one from the
eyen-numbered districts) holding over
for two years longer.
THE BOARD MEET.
The State Board OF Canvasscrs, com
posed of Governor Lee (president).
Auditor Mnrye, Treasurer EarmaD,
Secretary-of.the- Commonwealth Flour
nov, and Attorney-General Ayers, met
at II VI. yesterday, as required by law. to
examine and pass upon the abstracts
of votes sent to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth by the clerk
of each county and city in the
Commonwealth. When there are no
contests or garing errors this
work. commonly spoken OF rs " canvass
ing the returns" is mere matter OF
form, and only consumes the time re-
qnired for the members of the board TO
attach their signatures to the abstracts
made up By their clerk and to the GER
tifcates that are to be sent to the mem
bers elected.
CAUsEY We. BROWN.
The board first took mp the Nanse-
mond case, in which the county COM
missioners first sent Il certificate giving
a large majority to Brown (Repubhcan),
and in which they subsequently met
again aud sent another certificate which
entitled Causey Independent Republi-
cam to the seat. Mr. John ii. Wright,
of Nausomond, appeared as counsel
for Brown, and Captain c. A.
BohannoD, OF this city, for Causey.
After giving much time to the conSidera-
tion of the mattcrand hearing argument
pro and con, it was decided 10 give the
certificate to Brown, the members OF the
board thinking that the county com
missioners had no right to hold a second
meeting after once having passed upon
the matter and given their certificate.
SCOTT WILL SIT.
The Goochland case next engaged the
attention of the canvassers. Here the
commissioners certified that Scott (he
publican), who received a much larger
number of votes than James (DemocraD
is foreign citizen. Mr.. Jackson Guy
was present as counsel for Mr.. James
and urged that Mr.. Scott, not being
citizen OF the United States, was not eli
gible, and that consequently Mr.. james
who received the next largest number o
votes. was entitled to the seat.
The board considered that they haC
no power in the premises beyond lssuln.
the certificate to the man receiving th'
largest number of votes.
1t is probable that in both of thes
cases contests will be made in the House
VOTE BY COUNTIES AND CITIES.
The board. after deciding these tw
cases, adjourned at 3:l5 p. M. until Il
/ 4. II. to-day, when they will aiiix thel
signatures to the abstracts, which go o
record, and certificates, which so to th'
| members.
The vote Of each county and city il
the State as forwarded to the Secretar,
of the Commonwealth fot members 0
the House is given below in comparison
with the vote tor Lee and Wise in 1885